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'''''Dirty Hands''''' (French: Les Mains sales) is a play by Jean-Paul Sartre. It was first performed on 2 April 1948 at the Theatre Antoine in Paris, directed by Pierre Valde and starring François Périer, Marie Olivier and André Luguet.
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'''''Les Mains Sales''''' (''Dirty Hands'') is a play by Jean-Paul Sartre. It was first performed on 2 April 1948 at the Theatre Antoine in Paris, directed by Pierre Valde and starring François Périer, Marie Olivier and André Luguet.
  
 
A political drama set in the fictional country of Illyria between 1943 and 1945, the story is about the assassination of a leading politician.  
 
A political drama set in the fictional country of Illyria between 1943 and 1945, the story is about the assassination of a leading politician.  
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==Translations and adaptations==
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Translated into English, entitled ''Dirty Hands''.
  
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
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Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirty_Hands]
 
Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirty_Hands]
  
[[ESAT Bibliography I|Inskip]], 1972. P.138.
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[[ESAT Bibliography I|Inskip]], 1972. p.138.
  
 
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Revision as of 08:23, 18 September 2017

Les Mains Sales (Dirty Hands) is a play by Jean-Paul Sartre. It was first performed on 2 April 1948 at the Theatre Antoine in Paris, directed by Pierre Valde and starring François Périer, Marie Olivier and André Luguet.

A political drama set in the fictional country of Illyria between 1943 and 1945, the story is about the assassination of a leading politician.

Translations and adaptations

Translated into English, entitled Dirty Hands.

Performance history in South Africa

1951: Presented by the University of Cape Town’s University Dramatic Society at the Little Theatre in August, directed by Donald Inskip.

Sources

Wikipedia [1]

Inskip, 1972. p.138.

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